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+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Project:    	Uppsense
+// Name:	hardware.h
+// Author:	Maximilian Stiefel
+// Date:	09.08.2017
+//
+// Description: 
+//
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifndef APP_DEFINES_H_
+#define APP_DEFINES_H_
+
+#include "hardware.h"
+
+#define DEBUG_LEVEL 1
+
+#endif /* APP_HARDWARE_H_ */